Ramp data shows AI spending stalling just as Anthropic nears its IPO (opens techcrunch.com)
AI usage keeps climbing, but spending has stalled. Price cuts and smarter cost controls among the biggest spenders could challenge investor assumptions about AI hypergrowth.
How a Blue Wave midterm might reshape the AI industry (opens techcrunch.com)
Democrats’ historic victories in this week’s U.S. midterm elections could also transform the tech industry. The public voted on 41 data center-related ballot measures on Tuesday — in all but one, the majority voted to impose more restrictions on data center development.
A $90 Key into Your Company's Secrets (opens tomtunguz.com)
The cost of an autonomous 32-step corporate break-in fell 99% in five months from $7,500 on Claude Mythos Preview in April 2026 to $90 on open-weight GLM-5.3. Attackers run an expected-value calculation on AI compute ($1m of compute for a 1% shot at a $1b payout yields $10m in expected value)…
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